Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-10-29

they mset tho ciiR.
And % for four long hours the battle raGsd
almost without . pauss, and at the end q
that time, II Ne bad gained nothing ~ bed
lost nothing. Two attsmpts to turn our lsft
fank, by forcing way through the wood by
which Il was protected, bad been defeated;
and a vt Nastas swordsmen bad, noevith-
standing their desperate efforts. entirely
failed to break Goods three squares, though
thsy had thinned their numbers BY Qutbs .
third
As for the chest of the army, whsre Sir
Henry was with his staff and Umslopogaas, it
had suffered dreadfully, but it had held its
own with honor, and tho sams may b said
Of our left battle.
At Last the attacks slackened and Sorais'
army drew back, having. began to think,
had enough Of it On this point, however,
was soon umdecsivsd, for, splitting up her
cavalry into comparatively small squadrons,
shs charged % furiously with them all along
the line and then once inorS rolled her tens Of
Thousands Of sword and spear men down
upon our weakened squares and squadrons-
Sorais herself directing the movement and,
fearless as lio1ess, heading tho main attack.
On they came like an avalauche-I saw her
golden helm cleaning in the van-our coun-
ter charges OF cavalry entirely failing 70
check their forward sweep. Now they bad
struck us, and our center bent in like bow
beneath the weight Of their rush-it parted.
and hal not the 10, ,0Oo men In reserve charged
down to its support 1t must have bssn d.
stroyed. As for Goods three squares, they
were swept backward like boats upon an in
coming tide and the foremost one was burst
into and lost half its remaining men But
,be effort was too fierce and terrible to last.
Suddenly tho battle came. as it were, to Q
turning point and for . minute or two stood
still
Then II began to move toward Sorais'
csmp. Just then. too, Nasta's fierce and al
most invincible highlanders, either because
they were disheartened by their losses or BY
way Of . rusc, fell back and The remains Of
Goods gallant squares, leaving the positions
they had held for 90 many hours, chesrsd
wildly and rashly followed them down the
slope, whereon the swarms Of swordkmsn
turned to envelop them and once moro dunG
themselves upon them with yell. Taken
thus ou-every side, what remained Of ths 6rss
SQUARE Was quickly destroyed, and perceived
that the second, in which could - Good
himself on . large ho3s. was on the point Of
snnihilation. A few minutes moro and it
was broken, its streaming colors sank, and
lost sight OF Good in tie confused and hide
Gus slaughter that ensued.
Presently, however, . cream colored horss
With Q mow white mans and tail burst from
the ruins Of the square and came rushing
past me riderless and with wide streaming
reins, and in it recognised the charger that
Good bad been riding. Then ! Aesitated no
longer, but taking with me half my effective
cavalry force, which now amounted to b.
tween 1000 and 5000 men, commanded my
self to God, and without waiting for orders,
I charged straight down upon Nasta's swords
men Seeing ne coming and being warned
BY The thunder Of my horsss' hoofs, the M
jority Of them faced round and gave u
right warm welcome. Not an inch would
they yield; in vain did We hack and trampls
them down - we plowed . broad red furrov
through their thousands; they seemed to TO
ariss BY hundreds, driving their terrible
sharp swords into our horses Or severing
their hsmstrings and then hacking ths
troopers who came te the ground with
them slmoss into pieces Ny hoess
was speedily killed under me, but luckily I
had fresh one. my own favorite, a coal black
mare Nyleptha had given me being held In
reserve behind. and on this afterward
mounted Meanwhile had to get along q
best could, for was pretty well lost sight
Of by my men in the mad confusion Of the
moment. Ny voice, Of course, could not be
heard in the midst Of the changing OF stsel
and the shrieks Of rage and agony. Pres
emily found myself mixed up with the rem
nants Of the square, which had formed round
its leader. Good. and was fighting desper-
ately for existence stumbled against some
body, and. glancing down, caught sight Of
Goods eyegiaA He bad been beaten 70 his
knee. Over him was . great fellow, swing
ing heavy sword Somehow managed to
run tine man through with the sine bad
taken from the Nasal whose hand had cut
of; but Is did 50 he dealt me frightful
blow in tbs lsft side and breast with the
sword, and, though my chain shirt saved my
life, felt that was badly hurt For min
ute fell on to my hands and knees among
the dead and dying, and turned sick and
faint. When came to again I saw that
Nastas spearmen, or rather those OF them
that remained, were retreating back acroa
the stream. and that Good was there BY ms
smiling beamingiy.
@Near 60 that" he shouted, @but ais well
that ends we'll"
1aAsnted, but could not help feeling that
It bad nos ended we'll for me. I was sorely
hurt
Just then We saw the smaller bodisa Of cav
airy stationed on cur extreme right and left,
and which were now reinforced by the :, 900
sabers which We had held in reserve. fash
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